Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at UPMC Memorial

1701 Innovation Drive, York, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1063945707

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$5,073.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$8,455.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$260.62 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $7,186.75 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $260.62 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $260.62 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $266.77 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $279.50 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $298.91 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $682.16 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $862.96 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $1,016.56 ↓ -80%
Prime Net Managed Medicare $1,395.08 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $1,481.48 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare $1,491.42 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicare $1,491.42 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,519.83 ↓ -70%
Keystone Health Plan Medicare Advantage $1,691.00 ↓ -67%
Capital Blue Cross Medicare Advantage $1,691.00 ↓ -67%
Keystone Autism Services ACAP $2,272.64 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,636.98 ↓ -48%
Capital Blue Cross Commercial $2,966.25 ↓ -42%
Keystone Health Plan Commercial $2,966.25 ↓ -42%
Capital Blue Cross CHIP $2,966.25 ↓ -42%
Prime Net ACO/Legacy Commercial $3,466.55 ↓ -32%
Aetna ACO $3,491.91 ↓ -31%
Prime Net GateKeeper/NonGateKeeper $4,033.03 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $4,058.40 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicaid $4,704.93 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $5,005.77 ↓ -1%
Geisinger Commercial $5,536.33 ↑ +9%
Wellspan Population Health Commercial $5,918.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,918.50 ↑ +17%
Prime Net FH-Medical Rental $6,298.98 ↑ +24%
Cigna Commercial $6,594.90 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS and Humana as Payers) $7,186.75 ↑ +42%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,073.00 $260.62 – $7,186.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,941.60 $199.31 – $906.08
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,073.00 $260.62 – $7,186.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,073.00 $260.62 – $2,264.11
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,073.00 $260.62 – $2,276.34
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $4,303.80 $225.73 – $1,553.44
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,776.80 $225.73 – $1,553.44
UPMC Somerset Somerset $5,073.00 $225.73 – $1,412.22

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